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	<title>Demerzel's Blog - Intellectual Analysis on China, SEO, Analytics, and the Web &#187; International Politics</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Web 2.0 Presidential Electoral Maps: Positives and Negatives</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/10/09/online-presidential-electoral-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/10/09/online-presidential-electoral-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This election cycle has brought about a number of websites providing some rather cool interactive electoral maps to engage people and keep them coming back to their respective sites. As a fan of politics (and obviously the web) myself, below are some sites I have come across with the positives and negatives associated with them:
270towin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mongolia Calls State of Emergency</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/07/01/mongolia-calls-state-of-emergency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/07/01/mongolia-calls-state-of-emergency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Shocking news to me out of Mongolia about the state of emergency in a country that&#8217;s been pretty stable over the past number of years. The BBC reports:
The president of Mongolia has declared a four-day state of emergency in the capital amid violent protests over claims the general election was rigged.
Crowds torched the HQ of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hung Huang on International Assumptions</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/05/06/hung-huang-international-assumptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/05/06/hung-huang-international-assumptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 05:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Assumptions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hung Huang explains (in English) extremely well on the assumptions on both sides and what to learn from the international protests over the Olympics for both sides. This is a must view to really understand the issue:

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		<title>China and Intellectual Property Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/19/china-intellectual-property-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/19/china-intellectual-property-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[International Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[copyright laws]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CSA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IPR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[WTO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of intellectual property rights (IPR) did not develop at the same time nor happen overnight in the rest of world; on the contrary, it took decades for the culture to develop and be accepted worldwide.
The ideas of copyrights, patents, and trademarks first arrived in China in the late 1800s, yet wars, rebellions, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good and Bad Democracy: The Role of Good Governance</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/11/good-governance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/11/good-governance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Korea]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[governance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I was privileged to go to the Asia Foundation&#8217;s event &#8220;The Future of Democracy in Southeast Asia.&#8221; I was mainly there to meet up with other IR/PS alumni as I&#8217;m more interested in East Asia and China in particular, but surprisingly the event turned more towards the relationship between economics and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Has First Defeat Via WTO (Appeal Pending)</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/13/china-first-wto-defeat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/13/china-first-wto-defeat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Appeal pending, China has had its first defeat with the World Trade Organization.
 Upholding a complaint from the European Union, Canada and US, the preliminary WTO finding agrees that current Chinese practice is protectionist. 
Under existing Chinese rules, its carmakers must use 60% Chinese-made parts - or pay higher taxes. 
The ruling says China must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise of The New Tri-Polar World?</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/27/new-tri-polar-world-rising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/27/new-tri-polar-world-rising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[modernization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[multipolar]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[westernization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I ran across a blog called &#8220;Journalism by Other Means&#8221; talking about The New Hegemony, a response via the New York Times article. I strongly suggest reading the full 8-page article (I know, that&#8217;s a lot of clicks and time) called Waving Good-bye to Hegemony. Part of the article definitely goes into my previous post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WTO Rules Against United States</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/27/wto-rules-against-united-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/27/wto-rules-against-united-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the economics / international affairs elite, this is a rather big news story in my opinion. The WTO, actually ruled against the US (a primary sponsor / benefactor of and for the WTO) and for Antigua plus some other Caribbean countries over the United States&#8217;s illegal banning of online banning. As a result:
 			The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Days of Democracy in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/09/dark-days-of-democracy-in-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/09/dark-days-of-democracy-in-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more information is coming out about the Bush Administration&#8217;s foray into torture by almost any means necessary in order to get acquire any information possible after 9/11.
Sadly, this is not confined to the US at this point as information previously came about about the use of foreign airports in Europe with likely permission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Based Cyber Attacks and Model UN</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/30/government-based-cyber-attacks-and-model-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/30/government-based-cyber-attacks-and-model-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[cyber attacks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2004 when I was at a Model United Nations conference up in Montreal (McGill Model UN) I was on a committee acting out as the Chinese Politburo during the closed-door secret conference choosing who would be a successor to Hu Jintao. Now, I don&#8217;t know why they allowed us delegates to have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise of Chinese Style Democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/25/rise-of-chinese-style-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/25/rise-of-chinese-style-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been interesting to watch China&#8217;s rise onto the world stage for the past ten years for me, though nearly twenty years for all kinds of international politics. I can still recall watching on TV the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent fall of the Soviet Union with tanks heading towards the Red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Ingenuity and Capitalism At Its Best: &#8216;Shut Up&#8217; Chavez Is Ringtone Hit</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/20/human-ingenuity-and-capitalism-at-its-best-shut-up-chavez-is-ringtone-hit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/20/human-ingenuity-and-capitalism-at-its-best-shut-up-chavez-is-ringtone-hit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One has to enjoy human ingenuity and capitalism at the same time when you see headlines like this from BBC News:
The king of Spain&#8217;s recent undiplomatic outburst at the Venezuelan president has become a ringtone hit across Spain. 
An estimated 500,000 people have downloaded the insult featuring the words &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you shut up?&#8221;, generating [...]]]></description>
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